So, when is the first party cable going to be launched?
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donuts@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The person on reddit used a third party cable instead of the one supplied with the device.
extremetech.com/…/psa-dont-use-third-party-power-…
www.reddit.com/r/…/rtx_5090fe_molten_12vhpwr/
It melted on both sides (PSU and GPU), which indicates it was probably the cable being the issue.
InnerScientist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What I’ve learned from this whole fiasco after owning a problem-free 4090 for over 2 years:
- Don’t use 3rd party connectors, and don’t use the squid adapter in the box. Use the 12VHPR cable that came with your PSU or GPU. If your PSU doesn’t have a 12VHPR connection, get one that does.
- Don’t bend the cable near the connection. Make sure your case is actually big enough to avoid bending.
- Make sure it’s actually plugged in all the way. If you didn’t hear a click, it’s not plugged in all the way.
- Don’t keep disconnecting the cable to check for burns. The connection is weak and designed to fail after only a handful of disconnect/reconnects. If you followed the 3 steps above perfectly, you have nothing to worry about.
That said, I’m skipping this GPU generation (and most likely the next one as well). Hopefully in 2-4 years AMD or Intel will be on more level grounds with nVidia so that I can finally stop giving them money just to have good ray tracing performance.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Use the 12VHPR cable that came with your PSU
wjrii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Strolls nervously through room with RX 580…
orclev@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I got lucky and picked up a 7900 XTX for a reasonable price last gen and it’s been a really great card. I’ve got a couple systems coming up on needing a refresh (1080 Ti and a 2080 Ti) and I’m planning on upgrading both of them to a 9070 XT. I’m staying away from Nvidia until they start pricing their GPUs at prices actual consumers can afford instead of corporations looking to build AI farms.
terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
That’s bad, but that aside - It might be time to consider alternate power delivery to these cards. The power they need should warrant having a standard c13 plug directly on em or something.
RxBrad@infosec.pub 1 year ago
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Four of the standard 8 pin PCIe power connectors would work well.
The new connector really should have used some large blade contacts to handle 50 amps.donuts@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A mini fusion drive, perhaps?
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Power the house with it when not using the PC, but expect brown outs when gaming.
TunaLobster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
youtu.be/Ndmoi1s0ZaY?si=SWRjC4AgseXSmOrm
youtu.be/kb5YzMoVQyw?si=eSGnUbFv6OJ4jtEg
It’s poor design on Nvidias part. There is no load balancing.